Ioannina city - Map Area - Hellenic Ornithological Society

Criteria: A1, B2, C1, C6
Coordinates: 39° 38' 10.442" N 20° 51' 39.958" E	Altitude: 400-863 m	Area: 13777 ha
Region: Ipeiros		Prefecture: Ioannina

MEMORANDUM

Map:

Site description:

This urban site includes the city of Ioannina and the surrounding hilly and lowland farmland areas. Ioannina, built at an altitude of 500 m, is the largest city in northwest Greece with a population of more than 100,000 inhabitants. The city is located in the centre of the homonymous basin, bordering lake Pamvotida. Nevertheless, tens of small temporary wetlands still occur in the basin, especially at its south part. The area’s varied agricultural landscape, formed by extensive grazing over the years, as well as the surrounding hilly zone used as pastureland constitute the main foraging habitat for Falco naumanni.

Habitats:

Artificial landscapes (85.6 %), Grassland (8.5 %), Shrubland (4 %), Forest (1.9 %)

Birds:

An important area for species associated with agricultural ecosystems.

Species	Year	Season Status	Abundance	Minimum Population	Maximum Population	Units	Data accuracy	Criteria 2000
Falco naumanni	2007	B		15	30	P	B	A1, B2, C1, C6
Falco naumanni	2001	non-B		3500	3750	I	B
Neophron percnopterus	2004	B		4	12	I	B
Circaetus gallicus	2008	B		2	3	P	B
Milvus migrans	2007	B		1	2	P	C
Lanius minor	2004	B		5	10	P	C
Lanius senator	2004	B		5	10	P	C
Coracias garrulus	1994	B	U				C
Falco naumanni	2013-2016	B		74	74	P	A

Protection Status:

• SCI: GR2130005 Limni Ioanninon (2,690 ha, 0.2 %)

• EA: Lake Pamvotida (41,655 ha, 100 %)

Conservation issues:

Conservation issues: The traditional, highly mosaic farmland habitats in the area have been greatly reduced over the past years due to extensive urbanization, uncontrolled rural housing development and continuous road construction. Thus the site is rapidly losing its agricultural landscape and character, especially at its borders and the less productive non-irrigated cultivated regions, where habitat destruction to housing construction has become the most serious problem during the past decade. Exceptions to this phenomenon are the surrounding hilly sub-mountainous areas where grazing is still practised. These constitute the most important habitat for Falco naumanni while they also host many other species associated with farmland habitats. In addition, most of the area’s small wetlands are being degraded or filled in.

The plans for the construction of new, large road networks comprise another threat for trigger species, as well as the destruction of the interspersed wet meadows within the basin. The demolition of old buildings in the city centre and old market, where Falco naumanni nests, comprises a serious threat for the species, as well as the unsuitable cutting and pruning of trees used for roosting. Management measures should immediately be enforced (installation of artificial nests, planting of suitable trees) in order to increase nesting and roosting site availability for the species. Furthermore, management practices through controlled grazing should be implemented for the restoration and conservation of the foraging habitat.

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